A Day after Christmas Boxing Day Sale

Why stores still give offer A Day after Christmas?

Even Christmas is over, there are still people we haven't given presents. Up to this day, we are still checking or thinking about what should we give them. Boxing day sale will save you from that situation. Online shopping in Dubai is a fast-growing industry that you can compare may site for the prices of the items you love.  You can select clothes, shoes, bags, and accessories on your computer and have it delivered to your place or to the place you wish to give the gift.

Quick History of Boxing Day by https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/boxingday.shtml

Boxing Day takes place on December 26th and is only celebrated in a few countries; mainly ones historically connected to the UK (such as Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand) and in some European countries. In Germany, it is known as "Zweite Feiertag” (which means 'second celebration') and also “Zweiter Weihnachtsfeiertag” which translates as Boxing Day (although it doesn’t literally mean that)!

The 26th December is also St. Stephen's Day (or 'the feast of Stephen'). Just to confuse things, there are two St. Stephens in history! The first St. Stephen is believed to have been a very early follower of Jesus and he is said to have been the first Christian Martyr (a person who dies for their religious beliefs). The Bible says that Stephen (who was a Jew) was stoned to death by some other Jews (who didn't believe in Jesus).

Both St. Stephens has been associated with charity and giving for a very long time, and historically that's what St Stephen's Day/Boxing Day was about.

Starting in the Middle Ages, it was the day when the alms box, collection boxes for the poor often kept in churches, were traditionally opened so that the contents could be distributed to poor people. Some churches still open these boxes on Boxing Day.

It might have been the Romans that first brought this type of collecting box to the UK, but they used them to collect money for the betting games which they played during their winter celebrations! In The Netherlands, some collection boxes were made out of rough pottery called 'earthenware' and were shaped like pigs. Perhaps this is where we get the term 'Piggy Bank'!

It was also the day when rich landowners would give 'gifts' (often some leftover food from the main Christmas feast!) to those who worked and lived on their land, and later on it became traditional that servants got the day off to celebrate Christmas with their families on Boxing Day.

Before World War II, it was common for working people (such as milkmen and butchers) to travel round their delivery places and collect their Christmas box or tip. This tradition has now mostly stopped and any Christmas tips, given to people such as postal workers and newspaper delivery children, are not normally given or collected on Boxing Day.

St Stephen's Day is when the Carol 'Good King Wenceslas' is set. That carol is about a rich King helping the poor. It was written in 1853 and reflects the Victorian view of being charitable at Christmas. You can read about the real history of Wenceslas here...

Boxing Day has now become another public holiday in countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is also the traditional day that Pantomimes started to play.

There are also often sports played on Boxing Day in the UK, especially horse racing and football matches! It's also when shops traditionally had big sales after Christmas in the UK (like Black Friday in the USA).